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Emily Tillett / CBS News:
McConnell: Senate won't be “intimidated” by “mob-like tactics” of anti-Kavanaugh protesters  —  Fresh off the successful confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the vote showed the Senate “will not be intimidated” by what he called the …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh's confirmation gives the GOP its most power since the Great Depression  —  Republicans face a difficult 2018 midterm election in about one month's time.  But on its eve, the GOP just secured its greatest amount of political power and leverage since at least the Great Depression.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Trump on why he mocked Christine Blasey Ford: ‘I had to even the playing field’  —  President Trump said late Saturday that he mocked Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who accused new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, because he needed to “even the playing field.”
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Susan Collins's Declaration of Cowardice
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Many women saw Kavanaugh as unfairly accused, could be ‘our husbands, our sons’: Trump counselor
Discussion: IJR
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Republicans don't care what you think
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
With Kavanaugh confirmation, GOP officially becomes the party of rape
Discussion: Jezebel, Mother Jones and Vox
Roberta Rampton / Reuters:
Trump ‘100 percent’ certain Kavanaugh accuser named wrong person
Discussion: HuffPost, CNN and Mediaite
Summer Programs / gprep.org:
THE HONORABLE BRETT KAVANAUGH '83 CONFIRMED TO SERVE ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
Discussion: Raw Story
Laura Hollis / Boston Herald:
Innocent until proven guilty protects all of us
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Jamal Khashoggi / Washington Post:
Read Jamal Khashoggi's columns for The Washington Post  —  Jamal Khashoggi, a veteran Saudi journalist, was killed in Istanbul after walking into the consulate of Saudi Arabia, according to Turkish officials.  In a statement released Saturday, Fred Hiatt, The Post's editorial page editor …
Discussion: The Week and KTVQ-TV
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New York Times:
Turkey Believes Prominent Saudi Critic Was Killed in Saudi Consulate in Istanbul  —  ISTANBUL — Turkish investigators believe a well-known Saudi dissident was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, five people involved in the investigation, or briefed on it, said on Saturday.
Discussion: middleeastmonitor.com
New York Times:   Turkey Demands ‘Convincing Explanation’ on Missing Saudi Journalist
Kareem Fahim / Washington Post:
Turkey concludes Saudi journalist Khashoggi killed by ‘murder’ team, sources say
Lynn Maalouf / Amnesty International:   Saudi Arabia / Turkey: Alleged assassination of Jamal Khashoggi in Consulate would set abysmal new low
Martin Chulov / The Guardian:   Saudi journalist ‘killed inside consulate’ - Turkish sources
Dominic Evans / Reuters:   Saudi Arabia opens up consulate after journalist vanishes
Orhan Coskun / Reuters:
Turkish police believe Saudi journalist was killed at consulate: sources
Middle East Eye:
Turkish police suspect Saudi journalist Khashoggi was killed at consulate
Discussion: Washington Post
CBS News:
Senate races: GOP up in Texas, Tennessee; Dems up in Arizona, New Jersey — CBS News poll  —  The battle for Senate control finds Democrats trying to mount upset challenges in a string of typically Republican states, and this round of Battleground Tracker polls shows them having at best mixed results so far.
Discussion: Political Wire
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Portrait of a female GOP voter who could hand the House majority to the Democrats  —  LAKELAND, Tenn. — If Democrats capture at least the House, they'll owe the good fortune to Republican voters like Anna Smith.  —  The 40-year-old, college-educated mother of two young children is married …
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Operative Secretly Raised at Least $100,000 in Search for Clinton Emails  —  Opposition researcher's efforts are of intense interest to investigators probing Russian election interference  —  WASHINGTON—A veteran Republican operative and opposition researcher solicited and raised …
Alexis Grenell / New York Times:
White Women, Come Get Your People  —  They will defend their privilege to the death.  —  Ms. Grenell has written on gender and politics for The New York Daily News, The Washington Post and other outlets.  —  After a confirmation process where women all but slit their wrists …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump says GOP Sen. Murkowski ‘will never recover’ for voting ‘no’ on Kavanaugh
Fresno Bee:
For the good of the 22nd District and the nation, the choice is clear: Andrew Janz  —  Today The Fresno Bee takes a step it has not made since before 2002: It is recommending a candidate for the 22nd congressional district who is not Devin Nunes.  —  Instead, The Bee recommends Andrew Janz …
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Palestinian Killed 2 Israelis in West Bank Attack  —  JERUSALEM — A Palestinian man fatally shot two Israeli co-workers and injured a third in an Israeli-run factory in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, an attack that Israeli officials described as terrorism.
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Jerusalem Post:   WEST BANK SHOOTING VICTIMS IDENTIFIED: KIM YEHEZKEL (29), ZIV HAJBANI (35)
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Lindsey Graham Is the Saddest Story in Washington  —  His fight for Brett Kavanaugh completed his transformation into Donald Trump's slobbering manservant.  —  The battle over Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court was an especially ugly episode of a reality-show presidency …
Discussion: ABC News
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:   Kavanaugh was the ‘slut whore drunk’ of the Ford story, Sen. Lindsey Graham says
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Pompeo cites progress made with Kim Jong Un on N. Korea trip  —  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made unspecified progress Sunday toward an agreement for the North to give up its nuclear weapons.
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Simon Denyer / Washington Post:   Pompeo has ‘productive conversation’ …
Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Fresh off Kavanaugh vote, Sen. Cory Booker tests presidential waters in Iowa with words of resilience  —  Sen. Cory Booker descended on Iowa Saturday night with ideal timing to strike a chord with Iowan Democrats.  —  The senator from New Jersey, a long-rumored 2020 presidential candidate …
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
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David Weigel / Washington Post:   ‘We have so much pain’: Cory Booker makes 2020 Iowa debut
Barbara Starr / CNN:
Trump set to shuffle top generals  —  Washington (CNN)As President Donald Trump grapples with a number of huge foreign policy challenges over the coming months, he is going to have to make some key decisions on the generals who advise him and lead the US military.
John F. Harris / Politico:
Democrats Fear They're the Wet Rag Party  —  Al Franken is a long-time liberal warrior accused of predatory sexual behavior who is now licking his wounds in exile.  —  Brett Kavanaugh is a long-time conservative warrior accused of predatory sexual behavior who is now licking his wounds on the United States Supreme Court.
 
 
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